"against Manchester United. James rose to fame together with Liverpool teammates Steve McManaman, Jamie Redknapp, and Robbie Fowler, who were nicknamed the ""Spice Boys"" – an epithet named after the Spice Girls that was used by those who alleged the Liverpool team of the 1990s were more focused on partying than winning games. James' frequent blunders earned him the nickname ""Calamity James"". He put down his spate of errors to an overindulgence in playing computer games that in turn affected his concentration. Despite winning the 1995 Football League Cup, James' hold on the starting position was put in jeopardy with"
"goalkeeper David James. Portsmouth Director Of Youth operations Paul Hart commented that ""in the present climate there are few decent young English goalkeepers, but for a young boy Liam is mature and confident"". He began his two-year scholarship at the beginning of the 2008/09 season. Allotted the number 31 shirt, O'Brien received his maiden call into the first team when he was an unused substitute for a 4-1 league defeat to Liverpool on 15 March 2010. He was named on the bench for two more Premier League games during the 2009/10 season and made eight Premier Reserve League South appearances."
"David James (footballer, born 1970) David Benjamin James MBE (born 1 August 1970) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His most recent position was manager at Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League in 2018. He is also a pundit on BT Sport's football coverage. James is fourth on the list of all-time Premier League appearances, having played in 572 top-level matches, and held the Premier League record for most clean sheets with 169 until Petr Čech surpassed this record. He was capped 53 times by England between 1997 and 2010, and was first choice"
"Shocking Moments"" alongside Richard Bacon. In the summer of 2013, it was announced that James would become a TV pundit for BT Sport's coverage of Premier League and Conference Premier matches. He usually appears beside presenter Mark Clemmit on the touchline at conference premier matches alongside pundits Chris Hargreaves and Kevin Davies. James worked as a pundit for Eurosport at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and for Sony Ten at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. David James (footballer, born 1970) David Benjamin James MBE (born 1 August 1970) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His most"
"win 48 caps for England, making him Portsmouth's most capped English player of all time. During his record 845 club appearances for Pompey and his 48 England caps he was never once booked or sent off, earning him the nickname ""Gentleman Jim"". As of 2018, he remains the only England player ever to have scored an own goal at the FIFA World Cup, scoring past his own goalkeeper in a 4-4 draw against Belgium in 1954. Awarded the MBE in 1964, he played his last match for Pompey a year later, helping Pompey to a 1–1 end-of-season draw at Northampton"
"David James, and was issued with the number 27 shirt. However, after making no appearances he moved on to Hartlepool shortly after where he played 19 times before retiring at the age of 35. Pears was the Middlesbrough Academy goalkeeping coach where he helped to bring through the likes of Ross Turnbull and David Knight. He moved up from his Academy coach role to become the club's goalkeeping coach in 2007 when Paul Barron left for Newcastle United in 2007. Pears position of goalkeeping coach for the Middlesbrough first team was terminated on 21 November 2013 after Middlesbrough appointed their"
"he became the first Portsmouth player to play for the senior England team since Mark Hateley in 1984. However, Scott Carson was chosen ahead of both James and Robinson for the decisive Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia on 21 November 2007. England lost the match and Carson was blamed for Croatia's opening goal. Following England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008 McClaren was sacked as England manager and replaced by Fabio Capello. James was subsequently critical of McClaren's treatment of England's goalkeepers. On 7 February 2008, James was selected as goalkeeper for Capello's first match in charge, a friendly against"
"English League Two club Barnet. He resigned by mutual agreement as manager in January 2014. He was capped 74 times by the Netherlands at international level, scoring six goals, and represented his country at the FIFA World Cup (once) and the UEFA European Championship (three times). One of the greatest and most recognisable players of his generation, Davids often stood out on the football field due to his dreadlocked hair and the protective goggles he wore due to glaucoma. A combative and energetic, yet creative and skilful midfielder, Davids was nicknamed ""The Pitbull"" by Louis van Gaal because of his"
"a 1-0 win in December 2004. He signed for Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee on 25 January 2006, and played a large part in their escape from relegation that same season. His Pompey debut was in the FA Cup against Liverpool at Fratton Park in a 2–1 defeat. After David James signed for Portsmouth on 11 August, he voiced his frustration at having to compete with a top goalkeeper for the No. 1 spot, and with Jamie Ashdown also on their books, he opted to leave Portsmouth in the autumn. He signed for Championship club Luton Town on a one-month"
"David James (rugby, born 1866) David James (c.1866 - 2 January 1929) was a Welsh international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Swansea. While playing with Swansea, James was paired with his brother, Evan James, and together they were nicknamed the 'Swansea gems' and the 'Curly haired marmasets'. James was first capped for his country on 7 March 1891, against Ireland at Stradey Park. James turned out for Wales alongside his brother to keep their Swansea partnership together and in the match against Scotland a year later, were one of three pairs of brothers on the pitch;"
"David Jones (footballer, born 1935) David Jones, also known as ""Dai"" (3 March 1935 – 3 July 2014) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Jones was born in Orpington and was in the Army before signing for Swansea Town in 1955. He made three appearances for the club in the Football League, as well as two cup appearances. He then played for Yeovil Town, making 363 appearances for them between 1958 and 1967. While with Yeovil he won the Southern League Cup and Southern League Premier Division, and at the time of the death he was"
"beat Mexico 2–0 with goals from Teddy Sheringham and James' Liverpool teammate Robbie Fowler. He was in the provisional 28-man squad for Euro 2000 before missing the final cut. James is the only black goalkeeper to represent England as a full international. For several years he had to play understudy to England's regular keeper, David Seaman. When Seaman was dropped after making a mistake against FYR Macedonia in 2002, James became the new England number one. He retained his place in the England team even after West Ham's relegation to the First Division in 2003, and was the only player"
"closer to his children, who lived in London. Manchester City confirmed they had accepted a bid from Portsmouth. Two days later, he joined Portsmouth for £1.2 million, signing a two-year deal. James kept clean sheets in his first five appearances for Portsmouth. On 22 April 2007, James kept his 142nd Premier League clean sheet in a goalless draw with Aston Villa, breaking the record of 141 previously held by David Seaman. At the end of 2006–07, James was named Portsmouth's player of the season. James has made the most league appearances of any goalkeeper since the formation of the Premier"
"Ashdown faced even more competition from new high-profile signing David James. Due to the intense competition for the goalkeeper's spot at Fratton Park, Ashdown was given the opportunity to go out on loan, Portsmouth deciding that this would help his career, and he joined Norwich City. He played the first game of a loan spell with Norwich City on 21 October 2006 in a 1–0 win against Cardiff City at Carrow Road, replacing Paul Gallacher in the starting XI. Ashdown returned in late 2006 and but did not feature in the first team due to the presence of David James"
"at York City in 1991 before eventually leaving Portsmouth to join Birmingham City at the start of the 1992–93 season. After one unsuccessful season with Birmingham, at the end of which the club brought in Kevin Miller from Exeter City to replace him, Gosney moved in the opposite direction. He was stretchered off in his only appearance for Exeter, a 6–4 home defeat to Reading. Gosney was credited by Anderton himself as the man who gave Darren Anderton the ""Sicknote"" nickname. Andy Gosney Andrew Robert Gosney (born 8 November 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper."
"Darren Anderton Darren Robert Anderton (born 3 March 1972) is an English former footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals. Anderton started his career in the Southampton Tyro League and played for Itchen Saints during a successful period for the side. His potential was evident and he was soon scouted and playing youth football at professional clubs. Renowned as a player of huge potential, Anderton's career was constantly frustrated by injury earning him the nickname """"Sicknote"""" which was coined by Portsmouth"
"union. ""International matches played"" David James (rugby, born 1866) David James (c.1866 - 2 January 1929) was a Welsh international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Swansea. While playing with Swansea, James was paired with his brother, Evan James, and together they were nicknamed the 'Swansea gems' and the 'Curly haired marmasets'. James was first capped for his country on 7 March 1891, against Ireland at Stradey Park. James turned out for Wales alongside his brother to keep their Swansea partnership together and in the match against Scotland a year later, were one of three pairs of"
"the start of the following season, he rejoined Portsmouth as their first-choice goalkeeper after David James' departure to Bristol City. After returning to Portsmouth, Ashdown got more game time as first choice, with 50 appearances including the League Cup and FA Cup in a season which Portsmouth finished 16th in the Championship. Ashdown's proudest moment in a Portsmouth shirt was when he broke a post-war club record for most minutes without conceding a goal (636 minutes) between February and March 2011. In the following season, Ashdown struggled with an injury but in March 2012 he was established as number one"
"time since 1981 that they hadn't finished champions or runners-up. They had returned to European competition in the UEFA Cup and reached the quarter-finals. Their disappointment in the league could largely be put down to the fact that key players Ian Rush and John Barnes had missed many games through injury. However, Rush and Barnes were back to full fitness for the 1992–93 season, accompanied by new signing Paul Stewart from Tottenham Hotspur, who could double as a midfielder or attacker, and 21-year-old Watford goalkeeper David James who was already an England under-21 international and widely tipped to be a"
"Jamie Ashdown Jamie Ashdown (born 30 November 1980) is an English retired footballer who spent a large part of his career as a goalkeeper for Portsmouth, for whom he made the majority of his professional appearances. Ashdown began his career at Reading, where he established a reputation as an exciting prospect. Following loan spells at Gravesend & Northfleet, Bournemouth and Rushden & Diamonds, and a work experience placement at Arsenal, Ashdown broke into Reading's first-team squad as a result of an injury to first-choice 'keeper Marcus Hahnemann. He made 13 appearances for the Royals but in the summer of 2004"
"David Granger (footballer) David Granger (born 23 January 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). David Granger commenced his football career in Victoria where he played trial games with St Kilda. Granger played for Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL between 1975 and 1982. He was a strong, skilled and effective footballer, becoming famously known by his spoonerism nickname, 'Grave Danger'. This was during an era of unprecedented violence in the game"
"David Jack David Bone Nightingale Jack (3 April 1898 – 10 September 1958) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 267 goals from 521 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. He was the first footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £10,000, was the first to score at Wembleyin the 1923 FA Cup Finaland was capped nine times for England. After retiring as a player he managed Southend United, Middlesbrough and Shelbourne. Jack was born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1898, the son of Scottish footballer"
"from outside the top flight to win an England cap between 1999 (Michael Gray) and 2007 (David Nugent). He went on to play in all of England's matches at Euro 2004. James was dropped from the starting XI after an error in a 2–2 World Cup qualifying draw against Austria in September 2004, his place being taken by Tottenham's Paul Robinson. James came on as a half-time substitute and conceded all four goals in the 4–1 drubbing England suffered at the hands of Denmark during a friendly on 17 August 2005 – their worst defeat in 25 years. James still"
"place in the team for the next three international qualifiers, keeping a clean sheet in all three, while also featuring in a 1–1 draw with Brazil. On 22 August 2007, Robinson made a mistake that resulted in Germany scoring their first goal of the match. England lost the match 2–1 for their first loss at the new Wembley Stadium. He was substituted at half-time and replaced by David James, although then England manager Steve McClaren said he planned to make this substitution before the match. Despite this error, Robinson was still the number one goalkeeper, featuring in four further European"
"James was injured on international duty in August 2001, and he did not make a single appearance for West Ham in the 2001–02 season nor in the 2002–03 season. He joined Cardiff City on a one-month loan at the end of March 2002 but made no appearance there. Eventually, after the club was relegated in 2002–03 and David James moved to Manchester City in January 2004, Bywater became a regular starter in the first-team, making 23 appearances as West Ham reached the First Division play-off final, where they were beaten 1–0 by Crystal Palace. He signed a three-year contract extension"
"John James (footballer, born 1934) John Edward James (born 19 February 1934) is an English former professional footballer who made 130 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Torquay United. He played as an inside forward. James was born in Harborne, Birmingham. As a youngster he was on the books of Brighton & Hove Albion, but he was working in a brass foundry when Birmingham City signed him in as a junior in June 1950. He turned professional the following year, and made his first-team debut on 4 March 1953, replacing the injured Peter Murphy in a"
"tragedy that led to 96 fans dying on terracing just behind Grobbelaar's goal. Grobbelaar attended many of the victims' funerals. It was the signing of David James from Watford in mid-1992 that spelt the beginning of the end for Grobbelaar. Although James struggled to impress at first, Grobbelaar's insistence on playing for Zimbabwe gave James chances; Grobbelaar only played six times for Liverpool during 1992–93 and spent a short period on loan at Second Division side Stoke City where he made four appearances. James's uncertainty allowed Grobbelaar to regain his place in the first team at the start of the"
"several appearances for an Old England XI in various charity games, notably against celebrity sides, usually coming on for the last 10 minutes of each game. ""Totals include one Charity Shield appearance in 1970–71."" Peter Bonetti Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London) is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. Bonetti was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes and his graceful style, for which he was given the nickname, """"The Cat"""". He was one of several goalkeepers (Gordon West of Everton was another) who specialised in a one-armed"
"a goal for Portsmouth. The goalkeeper recounted his disappointment at conceding in his 1949 autobiography: ""Rutherford, the Pompey outside-right, came coasting in and fired a ball across the goal to my right hand. I dived and the ball slithered through into the net off my fingers. I was desolate, and as I picked the ball out of the net, thought ""Just another Wembley goalkeeper."""" Swift blamed the goal on his decision not to wear gloves in the wet conditions; the teenage goalkeeper had opted to imitate the choice of his opposite number, the more experienced Jock Gilfillan. With seventeen minutes"
"team's inconsistency for their failure to reach the play-offs by the end of the 2017–18 season. He has been capped at England under-18 and under-20 levels. He scored in an under-20 international friendly against Finland on 76 minutes, after coming on as a substitute for Arsenal's John Halls on 57 minutes. An accomplished set piece taker, he is also a goalscorer from open play and can also hold the ball up well for his teammates. In five years at Port Vale he scored 15 of his 20 penalties, a success rate of 75%. Former Port Vale teammate Tom Pope described"
"Dai James David James (16 November 1899 – after 1929) was a Welsh professional footballer who made 201 appearances in the Football League playing as a half back or forward for Aberdare Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion. James was born in Aberdare in 1899. He joined his hometown club, Aberdare Athletic, ahead of their first season in the Football League, and went on to make 171 appearances in the Third Division South, playing at centre half, wing half, and all the forward positions in a five-and-a-half-year stay. He moved on to another third-tier club, Brighton & Hove Albion, in"
"David Seaman David Andrew Seaman, MBE (born 19 September 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a career lasting from 1981 to 2004, he is best known for his time playing for Arsenal. He won 75 caps for the England national football team, and is the country's second-most capped goalkeeper, after Peter Shilton. In 1997 was awarded the MBE for services to football. The peak of Seaman's career was during his period as Arsenal and England goalkeeper in the 1990s and early 2000s. During his time at Arsenal he won three league championships (1991, 1998,"
"David Unsworth David Gerald Unsworth (born 16 October 1973) is an English former professional footballer and was formerly Everton caretaker manager. As a player, Unsworth played as a centre-back or left-back from 1991 until 2009. Unsworth is best remembered for his time at Everton during the 1990s, where he was part of their FA Cup-winning team of 1995 and acquired the nickname """"Rhino"""". He earned one full England cap in 1995. He also played in the Premier League for West Ham United, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic, and in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Burnley and Huddersfield Town."